LAPD's budget is cut - will result in police staffing to its lowest level in 12 years

Wednesday, the L.A. City Council voted in favor of cutting $150 million from LAPD’s $1.8 billion operating budget. Of those funds, $90 million will be put towards programs serving marginalized communities; $10 million will go to a summer youth program; and $50 million will go to reducing city worker furloughs and mid-year budget adjustments.

Police Chief Michel Moore tweeted Wednesday night that “we remain as resolved as ever to the conversation around reform, and continuing to walk forward together.”

LOS ANGELES TIMES “Los Angeles cuts LAPD spending, taking police staffing to its lowest level in 12 years”

To view Police Chief Michel Moore’s message to his officers, click here.